EN: Good Morning, everyone! I hope you’ve had an excellent week so far, we had a public holiday on Monday, and I spent the weekend at my mum’s in Vienna, eating all the sweet things. Since the weather is continuously being glorious, I’ve noticed, that I don’t really have a lot of sundresses to wear at home (unless you count my old unflattering, ratty ones or sewing fails I have yet to chuck!)… and decided to rectify this gap in my closet.

EN: I decided to make up the Jessica Dress by Mimi G, a free pattern you receive, when you sign up to her newsletter! (DO IT!). While making up this dress I kept hearing JESSICA…. JESSICA!? In David Tenant’s voice in my head (and if you’ve ever watch Jessica Jones…. You are now hearing his voice in your head as well! LOL) I’m pretty sure you won’t find this dress in Jeassica’s wardrobe, as it is too colorful and feminine…. LOL

EN: I used a linen-cotton-mix from Fabric Godmother, that I bought exactly a year ago. When I bought I was really excited about the fabric and then I was stumped with what to make with it. The fabric is a bit stiff and there are… monkey on it which made deciding on a pattern rather difficult. However, once I saw the Mimi G pattern , I knew I what I was going to do with those monkeys!

EN: I sew up Jessica ( JESSICA!!!! Ok, ok… I’ll stop now!) in a size M, please note that the pattern is quite big, which I only noticed after putting the entire dress together…including the facings… SIGH….needless to say I chucked the dress in a corner in my sewing room, where it remained for an entire week. I then decided to put on my big girl socks and took the dress apart and took in the bodice by 2 cms on both sides. I regathered the skirt and then reassembled everything. I used buttons I bought at Misan, last year, when I was in London.

EN: As fort he finished dress, I’m not sure about the Midi-length or the gathered skirt. When the Mister was taking my pics he asked: “Why does this dress make your hips look so big” Lol… not the most flattering comment ever! That beieng said, I’ve worn the dress quite a few times to run errands and to hang out at home and I have feeling it will get quite a bit of wear all through summer.

O I really love this! I think the midi length looks great on you, no big hips as far as I can see!
I didn’t really look twice at this pattern when it was released but I have seen some lovely versions of late and you may have persuaded me to try it!

What a great dress! And it has cute monkeys! I never spotted them until you said because I thought it was just the middle of the palm trees…
Oh, and ignore the Mister…I think your dress is super flattering. 🙂

So cute! Ignore the hubby, he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. LOL. I don’t wear dresses (can’t sit like a lady to save my life 😛 ), but I am inspired to see about making something similar in a tank top form. And since I’m making my whole summer wardrobe as I type, I think I can make this change pretty easily. 😉

Tell him it’s because it makes your waist look teeny tiny! I think it’s a lovely make and I’m impressed you got it out of the naughty corner so quickly! Personally the midi length isn’t my favorite, I think it suits tall women really well and I just don’t pull it off gracefully.